1845
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Et parlant a sa portière ainsi déclarée... is a 1845 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three people in a hallway. Two men in fancy hats and coats stand near a doorway, while a woman in a shawl leans out, looking surprised. The men seem to be handing her a paper with serious expressions. The walls are plain, and the floor looks worn. The title hints this is about a legal warning—maybe a summons. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show the tension in the scene. Next, check out lithography to see how this image was made.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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